All Categories - DYP™: Discovering Your Power, Your Way

November 24, 2020 · i love food,oral cancer survivor,power of food,head and neck cancer,motivational speaker
Will I ever eat again? No doctor would make an absolute prediction. “Let’s wait and see what...
September 29, 2020 · DYP,support group,oral cancer survivor,cancer survivor,motivational speaker
My heart has a hole in it. Two weeks ago, a remarkable human being in my life left this earth....
September 8, 2020 · DYP,oral cancer survivor,radiation mask,cancer survivor,motivational speaker
April Fool’s Day and his evil twin Halloween are plotting against us. Together they’re hijacking...
August 25, 2020 · DYP,DYP your way,oral cancer survivor,overcome,cancer survivor
My family and I along with friends, visited Bryce Canyon, Utah recently. After an intense and awe...
August 12, 2020 · DYP,DYP your way,oral cancer survivor,physical scars,cancer journey
The Harry Potter novels hold a nostalgic place for our family with books read and reread...
July 28, 2020 · support,cancer survivor,power buddy,DYP,DYP your way
Remember the excitement of going on a field trip in elementary school? Hopping on a big yellow...
July 14, 2020 · DYP,oral cancer survivor,motivational speaker,DYP Emergency Kit,cancer journey
I have a confession to make. About a month ago I did something naughty. Well…it wasn’t exactly...
June 30, 2020 · DYP,motivational speaker,oral cancer survivor,coping tool,cancer journey
Last week I had a relatively minor procedure at the dentist. Relatively minor being a relative...
June 17, 2020 · DYP,gratitude,oral cancer survivor,thank you,motivational speaker
I love reading the acknowledgements in books. It’s a behind the scenes tour of who and what...
June 2, 2020 · DYP,oral cancer survivor,motivational speaker,cancer survivor,empathy
A few weeks ago, I reconnected with a high school buddy on Facebook.   I was having an I’m...
May 20, 2020 · inspiration,oral cancer survivor,quarantine coping,cancersurvivor,motivational speaker
Let Down Your Long Hair Rapunzel was quarantined in a tower for 18 years.  That’s right…18 years,...
May 13, 2020 · motivational speaker,cancersurvivor,inspiration,quarantine coping,oral cancer survivor
A TRIP TO THE DRY CLEANERS In early March 2012, I found myself at the dry cleaners for a...
May 6, 2020 · oral cancer survivor,quarantine coping,motivational speaker,inspiration,acceptance
What Did You Say? YOU - HAVE - CANCER. Those three words sent shock waves through my body....
April 13, 2020 · motivational speaer,oral cancer survivor,quarantine coping,inspiration,cancer survivor
I call it the Coronavirus 80’s flashback. For me the word quarantine conjures up images of Elliot...
April 2, 2020 · oral cancer survivor,motivational speaker,dental screening,DYP,advocate
March 18, 2020 · oral cancer survivor,motivational speaker,DYP,cancer survivor,cancer journey
2001 – Chapter 1 “Precancer” Once upon a time I went to the dentist for a super boring, I’ve done...
March 4, 2020 · oral cancer survivor,DYP Emergency Kit,motivational speaker,resilience,coping tool
What is in your emergency kit…toilet paper, hand sanitizer, flashlights, food, water, radio,...